Frieze
Frieze
end of 15th century (made)
end of 15th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
These three strips of relief appear to have originated from the long sides and one end of a free-standing tomb similar in type to the monument to Girolamo Della Torre and his son Marc-Antonio in Verona by the Paduan sculptor and specialist in small bronzes, Andrea Riccio (1470-1532). The coat of arms, surmounted by a bishop's mitre that appear twice on the short section are those of Paolo Zabarella (1471-1525). He was a member of the monastery of the Eremitani at Padua and became titular Bishop of Argos and titular Archbishop of Parium. Zabarella was responsible in 1520 for building the second cloister of the Eremitani monastery in Padua and was buried in the Ovetari Chapel in a free-standing tomb decorated with inlaid marble.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Frieze |
| Materials and techniques | Istrian stone |
| Brief description | Frieze, Istrian stone, green porphyry, monsters, bat, Italian, end of 15th century. |
| Physical description | Frieze. istrian stone, inlaid in the centre with a circular medallion of green porphyry. On one side two monster back to back are carved in very low relief, and are separated from a bat with outspread wings by a plaque of red porphyry; on the other side a similar plaque separated a winged mask from two terminal figures blowing long trumpets on either side of an ox skull. |
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| Object history | Bought for £9. Purchased from the Cavendish-Bentinck collection. Listed in MS. inventory of the Cavendish-Bentinck collection as No. 124. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | These three strips of relief appear to have originated from the long sides and one end of a free-standing tomb similar in type to the monument to Girolamo Della Torre and his son Marc-Antonio in Verona by the Paduan sculptor and specialist in small bronzes, Andrea Riccio (1470-1532). The coat of arms, surmounted by a bishop's mitre that appear twice on the short section are those of Paolo Zabarella (1471-1525). He was a member of the monastery of the Eremitani at Padua and became titular Bishop of Argos and titular Archbishop of Parium. Zabarella was responsible in 1520 for building the second cloister of the Eremitani monastery in Padua and was buried in the Ovetari Chapel in a free-standing tomb decorated with inlaid marble. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1839B-1892 |
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| Record created | December 8, 2008 |
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